As a hypnobirthing educator I’ve helped hundreds of women prepare for their hypnobirth. Most women do great with their hypnobirthing classes, but after their classes they often procrastinate on writing their birth plan. The birth plan is the final step towards a stress free and pain free birth, and I encourage all my students to […]
Tag Archives: Labor Pain
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May
May
There are many opinions about safe or healthy labor and delivery. This is especially true of women who are trying to swim after a cesarean section (VBAC). Also, medical professionals do not always agree on questions such as if epidural blocks are or are not a method of pain in a VBAC trial of labor […]
Pain medications that are drugs called narcotics often work to help reduce or lessen the pain the mother feels. Many women choose to use narcotics rather than epidurals because using drugs does not restrict movement as much as epidurals, and generally does not have the risk of preventing or stabilizing labor. That’s why drugs are […]
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Sep
Sep
The two most popular methods of natural pain relief during labor are the Bradley Method and Lamaze, and each has its strength and weakness at curbing pain. Speaking as someone who has tried both, I know which was much more effective in my case, though everyone is different and the other one may be more […]